Chrystia Freeland
Chooses to speak about economy & cost of living and defence & foreign affairs.
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Chrystia Freeland voted for bills on government spending worth billions of dollars, tax cuts and a removed fuel charge, easier trade between provinces, and expanded citizenship for some people born abroad.1234
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Chrystia Freeland voted against a tax bill at second reading that increases tax breaks for small business owners, people with disabilities, and research spending while raising capital gains tax limits.1
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Bills they put forward
Extends financial support programs for businesses and workers affected by COVID-19 lockdowns and revenue losses through mid-2022.Extends money for businesses and workers hit by COVID-19 lockdowns through mid-2022.
Implements the Canada-United States-Mexico trade agreement and updates Canadian laws to meet its requirements.Updates Canadian laws to match the Canada-US-Mexico trade agreement.
Introduces tax credits for air quality and school supplies, expands northern travel deductions, taxes vacant homes owned by non-residents, and funds ventilation and vaccination programs.Adds tax breaks for air quality and school supplies, taxes vacant homes owned by non-residents, funds ventilation and vaccination.
Modifies income tax rules to create emergency rent and wage subsidies for businesses affected by economic conditions.Creates emergency rent and wage subsidies for businesses through tax changes.
Modifies laws governing food, drugs, hazardous products, radiation devices, pesticides, and consumer product safety.Updates rules for food, drugs, hazardous products, radiation, pesticides, and consumer safety.
Increases support for families with young children, pauses student and apprentice loan interest, and expands health product shortage powers during COVID-19.Boosts support for families with young kids, pauses student loan interest, expands health shortage powers during COVID-19.
Allows the federal government to make payments to provinces for transit and housing programs.Lets the federal government pay provinces for transit and housing programs.
Implements various tax changes including deductions for relocated workers, business deductions, disability tax credits, and quarterly climate payments.Changes tax rules for relocated workers, businesses, disability credits, and climate payments.
Modifies special additional fiscal payments to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador.Adjusts special payments to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador.
Authorizes payments from federal funds to provinces for health, COVID-19 immunization, infrastructure, and economic growth.Authorizes federal payments to provinces for health, COVID vaccination, infrastructure, and economic growth.
Implements a trade agreement between Canada and the European Union and amends Canadian laws accordingly.Updates Canadian laws to match the Canada-EU trade agreement.
Doubles the GST/HST credit for six months, increasing maximum annual amounts by 50% for 2022-2023.Doubles the GST/HST credit for six months in 2022-2023.
Adjusts Canadian income tax rules for COVID-19 relief, employee benefits, investment incentives, and pandemic recovery programs.Adjusts tax rules for COVID relief, employee benefits, investments, and pandemic recovery.
Removes trade barriers between Canada and Ukraine and updates Canadian laws to match the trade agreement.Removes trade barriers with Ukraine and updates Canadian laws accordingly.
Implements tax changes including housing gains taxation, first-home savings accounts, bank taxes, and various tax credits.Changes tax rules for housing gains, first-home savings accounts, bank taxes, and various credits.
Increases federal payments to provinces and doubles the GST/HST credit payment to Canadian households.Increases federal payments to provinces and doubles GST/HST credit payments to households.
Increases tax deductions for tradespeople's tools, expands benefits for military members and veterans, and adjusts various tax credits and savings plans.Increases tax deductions for tradespeople's tools, expands military and veteran benefits, adjusts various credits.
Amends laws governing weapons exports and imports to allow Canada to join the Arms Trade Treaty.Updates weapons export and import laws so Canada can join the Arms Trade Treaty.
Increases tax rebates for new rental housing and strengthens competition law enforcement tools.Increases tax rebates for new rental housing and strengthens competition law enforcement.
Adjusts tax rules for corporations and trusts, promotes lithium exploration and clean technology investments, and increases rural climate payments.Adjusts tax rules for corporations and trusts, promotes lithium and clean technology, increases rural climate payments.
Implements various tax changes including deductions for rental properties, credits for volunteers and journalism, and investment incentives for clean energy and technology.Changes taxes for rental properties, adds credits for volunteers and journalism, incentivizes clean energy investments.
Removes sales tax on certain products from mid-December 2024 to mid-February 2025.Removes sales tax on certain products from mid-December 2024 to mid-February 2025.
Increases tax breaks for small business owners, people with disabilities, and research spending while raising capital gains tax limits.Increases tax breaks for small business owners and people with disabilities, raises capital gains tax limits.
Establishes a national plan for predicting floods and droughts, with required reports to Parliament.Establishes a national plan for predicting floods and droughts with required reports to Parliament.
Creates new murder and violence offences involving intimate partners and stricter sentencing rules for such crimes.Adds new crimes for violence between intimate partners and increases punishments for them.
Expands Canadian citizenship to include more people born abroad to Canadian parents and adopted children, and restores citizenship to those who previously lost it.Lets more people born abroad to Canadian parents and adopted children become citizens, and restores citizenship to some who lost it.
Removes federal barriers to trade and worker movement between provinces, and streamlines approval for national interest projects.Gets rid of federal rules blocking trade and worker movement between provinces, and speeds up approvals for big national projects.
Allocates $8.58 billion to pay for federal government operations not covered by other budgets through March 2026.Sets aside $8.58 billion to cover federal government operations until March 2026.
Allocates $149.8 billion to fund federal government operations for the year ending March 31, 2026.Sets aside money to pay for running the federal government until March 31, 2026.
Reduces income tax rates, creates GST rebates for first-time homebuyers, removes the federal fuel charge, and changes election rules for party data protection.It lowers income taxes, gives GST rebates to first-time homebuyers, removes the federal fuel charge, and changes election rules for party data.